initial Linux-USB-Archos HOWTO

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+                   How To Connect your Archos to Your Linux
+                   ========================================
+
+Author:  Daniel Stenberg <daniel@haxx.se>
+Version: 0.2
+Date:    April 23, 2002
+
+ Archos Recorder
+
+  The Recorder does not need Björn's ISD200 driver, that was written for and
+  is required for Linux to communicate with the Archos Player (and others).
+
+  The Recorder supports both USB1.1 and USB2.0, and thus you can use either
+  version, depending on what your host supports.
+
+  CONFIGURE YOUR KERNEL
+
+  (I've tried this using both 2.4.17 and 2.4.18)
+
+  o Make sure your kernel is configured with SCSI, USB and USB mass storage
+    support.
+
+  USB1.1 ONLY
+
+    o On USB config page, select 'UHCI' as a (m)odule, as only then will the
+      "Alternate Driver" appear in the config. Set that one to (m)odule as
+      well.  Failing to do this might cause you problems. It sure gave me
+      some.
+
+  USB2.0 ONLY
+
+    o Make sure you've patched your kernel with the correct USB2 patches:
+      [the following is a single URL, split here to look nicer]
+      http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=503534& \
+      group_id=3581&atid=303581
+
+    o On USB config page, select 'EHCI' as a (m)odule
+
+  o Rebuild kernel, install, bla bla, reboot the new one
+
+
+
+  MAKE YOUR KERNEL SEE YOUR ARCHOS
+
+  After having booted your shiny new USB+SCSI kernel, do this:
+
+  o Very important *first* start your Archos Recorder, and get it connected to
+    the USB. Not starting your Archos first might lead to spurious errors.
+
+  USB 1.1 ONLY
+
+    o insmod usb-uhci
+  
+  USB 2.0 ONLY
+
+    o insmod ehci-hcd
+ 
+  o insmod usb-storage
+
+  Now, your Archos Recorder might appear something like this:
+
+  $ cat /proc/scsi/scsi
+  Attached devices:
+  Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00
+    Vendor: FUJITSU  Model: MHN2200AT        Rev: 7256
+    Type:   Direct-Access                    ANSI SCSI revision: 02
+
+  And you can also see it as an identified device by checking out the file
+  /proc/bus/usb/devices.
+
+
+
+  MOUNT THE ARCHOS' FILESYSTEM
+
+  In my system, my kernel tells me a 'sda1' SCSI device appears. Using this
+  info, I proceed to mount the filesystem of my Archos on my Linux:
+
+  $ mount -f vfat -oumask=0 /dev/sda1 /mnt/archos
+
+  (/dev/sda1 may of course not be exactly this name on your machine)
+
+  You can also make the mount command easier by appending a line to /etc/fstab
+  that looks like:
+
+  /dev/sda1   /mnt/archos   vfat  noauto,umask=0  0 0
+
+  So then the mount command can be made as simple as this instead:
+
+  $ mount /mnt/archos
+
+  The umask stuff makes it possible for all users to write and delete files on
+  the archos file system, not only root. The 'noauto' prevents the startup
+  sequence to attempt to mount this file system.